Many developing countries (particularly those in Africa) are being targeted for agricultural investment by donors. This is most famously exemplified by the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ initiative Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Critics of AGRA, such as AGRA Watch, point to many problems with AGRA’s approach, particularly in projects that fail to incorporate [...]
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Mission: Vegetable Garden – Part 1: Planting
First of all, meet Johnston: Johnston is the gardener of the compound to where I just moved in. When I arrived, I saw that he had planted some tomatoes in the front garden. We talked and he demonstrated an obvious passion for gardening, and was sad that the rain had spoiled his tomatoes. I asked [...]
Dilemmas: local and green, global and fair, or human and sustainable?
I have been giving a lot of thought these days to the issue of fairness of the international food trade. I caught myself thinking – what would happen to developing economies if Europe suddenly decided to be a food autarchy? A big chain of thoughts came out and it all started after I read some [...]
Consumers and the African entrepreneurial (and sustainable) spirit
Trying to be sustainable when buying food in Africa can be a bit of a problem for an expat (like myself). In Uganda, open markets still dominate agri-food retailing, but the retailers closest to the areas where expats concentrate in Kampala are… supermarkets, of course. Not that they are there only to play the role of a [...]
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